Creating art is my passion, my release and escape!! It is through this creative expression that I am in touch with my 'soul state.' A time of focus, energy, calm, and peace when all the cares and pains of the day and body cease to exist. I love to create bold vibrant paintings based on images that speak to me. Many of my paintings are replicated from personal photographs to eternally archive a memory, a vacation, a time in space. Others I have created for loved ones, friends and family, showcasing their most treasured passions. I mostly work in oils, but...more